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Study Details: LLM: 1 year full-time, 2 years part-time
The LLM in Legal Practice aims to prepare you for employment as a trainee solicitor and to provide you with a solid foundation for subsequent practice as a solicitor. In addition, this course offers you an opportunity to extend your research in an area of interest within legal practice, through a research module and a dissertation. This course can be studied full-time or part-time (in the day or in the evening).
The course imitates the nature of the work you would encounter in legal practice and follows clients through various legal transactions and court hearings. It builds on the substantive law that you will have already learnt and includes the study of both law and procedure in the major areas of practice.
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The Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (LPC) qualifies you to enter into a training contract with a firm of solicitors or an in-house legal department. The LLM in Legal Practice further enhances your employment prospects. The course also provides a good grounding for practice as a paralegal, in local or health authorities, in local or central government, in commerce either in company secretarial/governance/ regulatory areas or if you aspire to being on a board of directors.
Year 1 modules include:
Advocacy Skills (core, 0 credits)
Business Law and Practice (core, 24 credits)
Drafting Skills (core, 2.25 credits)
Legal Practice Dissertation (core, 60 credits)
Legal Research Methodology (core, 20 credits)
Legal Writing Skills (core, 2.25 credits)
Litigation (core, 39.5 credits)
Professional Conduct and Regulation (core, 1.5 credits)
Property Law and Practice (core, 24 credits)
Research Skills (core, 2.75 credits)
Solicitors Accounts (core, 6 credits)
Wills and Administration of Estates (core, 2 credits)
Child Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Civil and Commercial Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (option, 13.5 credits)
Commercial Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Employment Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Family Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Housing Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Immigration Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Intellectual Property Law and Practice (option, 13.5 credits)
Interviewing Skills (option, 5.5 credits)
Whether you’re looking to improve your job prospects, pursue a passion or take your career in a whole new direction, London Met has the right postgrad...
